BLF starts crowdfunding campaign to contest 2019 elections

Black First Land First (BLF) announced on Monday that it was launching a crowdfunding campaign to raise a deposit of R605‚000 so it can contest the 2019 national elections.

"BLF is registered with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and will be contesting the 2019 general election. It accordingly needs to pay a deposit of R605‚000 to the IEC by the end of January 2019 so as to enable it to contest the forthcoming election‚" said spokesperson Brian Tloubatla.

"BLF will be appealing to the public for donations to pay the required amount‚ which in terms of legislation is refundable once representation in parliament is won by a political party.

“BLF intends to donate the entire amount‚ upon it being refunded by the IEC‚ to worthy social upliftment projects. To this end two projects have been identified‚ namely upgrading a school and building a house for a deserving family‚" said Tloubatla.